The demand for “climate risk” insurance is growing at an unprecedented rate, as climate change significantly threatens the stability of our environment and economy. However, in Africa alone, the majority of the 300 million smallholder farmers are not currently financially protected against crippling risks such as floods and drought. Today we’re joined by Roy Confino, Head of Strategy and Operations at Lemonade Foundation, who turned to the blockchain to tackle this head on in an attempt to close...
Nov 01, 2023•24 min
Last week in crypto, the market was moving. With Bitcoin up 8% in a few days and surpassing the $30k mark. We’ve seen this continue into this week, with 2023 all time highs, and hoovering around the $35k point. Other assets followed, with Ethereum up 7% and Dogecoin up 8%, and Chainlink up a staggering 30%. As bitcoin trends up, it’s dominating the crypto news landscape this week, but there’s still plenty of other things going on. Uniswap Labs, owner of the Uniswap platform has introduced a new ...
Oct 30, 2023•3 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Last week in crypto, Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial entered it’s second week. The prosecution narrowed it’s focus on FTX's compliance measures, delving into complex issues such as anti-money laundering (AML) policies and regulatory frameworks. SBF’s defense team have grappled with court rulings that have limited their ability to cross-examine key witnesses, such as former FTX CTO Gary Wang and Caroline Ellison. An article from Blockworks has announced that despite ongoing VC challenges in crypto, ove...
Oct 18, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Today we’re joined by Simge Sandal co-founder of Gainforest, a decentralised fund, using artificial intelligence to measure and reward sustainable nature stewardship and Angelo Paolo Kalaw Lead for Social Impact from the Celo Foundation to talk about their partnership. ABOUT GAINFOREST OVERVIEW Founder David Dao first came up with the idea of GainForest during the UN Climate Summit COP23 when he won #Hack4Climate, a hackathon designed to accelerate innovative climate solutions. Gainforest is a d...
Oct 12, 2023•24 min
This week in crypto, Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial began, and we’ll be keeping a close eye on developments over the coming days. Elsewhere in crypto, Hong Kong launched their crime squad, Ripple have launched a new update, and Bitcoin futures trading emerges in Canada. Hong Kong has intensified its efforts to combat crypto-related crime, with a recent crackdown yielding significant results. The city's authorities are targeting illegal activities such as money laundering, fraud, and un...
Oct 09, 2023•3 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Last week in crypto, the markets were mostly stable with a 3% drop in BTC over the weekend. MicroStrategy, a prominent business intelligence company led by Bitcoin advocate Michael Saylor, has further bolstered its cryptocurrency holdings. The company recently purchased an additional 5,050 Bitcoins for approximately $147 million, adding to its already substantial Bitcoin stash. This strategic move continues MicroStrategy's commitment to diversifying its treasury assets into the world's leading c...
Sep 29, 2023•3 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Last week in crypto, 7 day prices were up across the market, with a 6% growth in Bitcoin, and 4% in Ethereum. The Canadian Supreme Court has given its approval for the merger of Hut 8 Mining Corp. and US Bitcoin mining company, Bitfury. This decision signifies a significant development in the cryptocurrency industry, as it allows Hut 8 to acquire Bitfury and expand its Bitcoin mining operations. The merger is expected to bolster Hut 8's position as a prominent player in the Bitcoin mining sector...
Sep 20, 2023•3 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Last week in crypto, Bitcoin price stayed stable above $26k as US CPI numbers for August were higher than expected. Telegram, a popular messaging platform with 800 million users, has unveiled its cryptocurrency wallet. This move allows users to securely store, send, and receive digital assets within the app. The wallet supports various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, and incorporates a decentralized exchange feature. Telegram aims to simplify the crypto experience for its massi...
Sep 18, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Last week in crypto, Bitcoin’s price jumped to nearly $28k on Tuesday, before dropping back to $26k on Thursday. Various theories have emerged, including the SEC’s opt to delay Bitcoin ETF deadlines. X, formerly Twitter, is obtaining a license to facilitate US crypto payments. Speculation hit the internet over whether X intends to accept crypto payments and a potential ‘X coin’, designed to reward creators. So far, Elon Musk has denied this. A Brazilian cryptocurrency streamer suffered a $50,000...
Sep 07, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Today we’re joined by Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation, to talk about how Bitcoin can strengthen civil liberties. https://hrf.org/ Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw Sign up to the Exchange https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP
Sep 04, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Last week in crypto, Trump Digital Trading Card NFTs shot up 42% in floor price, and Trump Digital Cards Series 2 soared in trading volume. WorldCoin dropped nearly 10% in the last few days. The token experienced a 40% spike in it’s launch week, perhaps due to it’s controversial requirement to provide an eye-scan to claim but seems that initial popularity was short-lived. Bitcoin supply in exchanges is nearing 6-year lows, data shows that just 5.8% of the entire Bitcoin supply is currently held ...
Aug 31, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Last week in crypto, data from a Saint Petersburg Exchange and the Russian Trading System emerged showing that more than half of Russian citizens want to store their money in a central bank digital currency. WorldCoin, which experienced a 40% spike in it’s launch week, perhaps due to it’s controversial requirement to provide an eye-scan to claim, has lost its initial popularity and dropped nearly 10% in the last few days. With Donald Trump’s return to Twitter and posting of his mugshot, NFTs hav...
Aug 25, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Last week in crypto, Cardano's price remained in the red despite significant market activity by both large investors and aggressive traders. Binance announced multiple pair delisting, while reports have surfaced showing Donald Trump as an Ethereum whale. PayPal has suspended crypto purchases in the UK, affecting users' ability to buy and sell digital assets. This move temporarily halts a convenient crypto avenue for UK customers, with PayPal committing to the return of the service in 2024. A new...
Aug 17, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Last week in crypto, the Bank of England’s base rate hike impacted the bitcoin stirling pairing, which has risen above the 25-day and 50-day moving averages. NFT Platform Nifty has closed down, and Israel’s only public stock exchange, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has signed an agreement with the digital asset platform Fireblocks to jointly offer a range of new digital asset products and services. The Litecoin halving event completed, with block rewards now halved to 6.25 litecoin per block. Litec...
Aug 10, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Last week in crypto, bitcoin price bounced around the $29k mark, crypto mining retailer Phoneix eyed up an IPO, and BlackRock vowed to democratize crypto through their spot Bitcoin ETF. Worldcoin is a cryptocurrency project aiming to distribute cryptocurrency to every person on the planet. To achieve this, it plans to use biometric identification technology for a fair and equal distribution. The project aims to provide universal basic income and promote financial inclusion globally. Neobank plat...
Aug 03, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 117
In segment ‘Blockchain for good’ we’re unearthing real world examples of how blockchain technology is making a real world difference to people, communities and charities all around the world. We’ll learn more about organizations and projects using crypto and blockchain technology to promote social and economic inclusion, and sustainability efforts. Today we’re joined by Tori Samples, Senior Product Manager the Stellar Foundation to discuss how , the first-of-its-kind blockchain payment solution ...
Aug 01, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Express Crypto News: 60-Second Recap shares the top stories in crypto every week. Last week in crypto, Solana announced significant network performance increases, UniSwap’s founder had their twitter hacked, and Bitcoin’s price dipped back to $29k. Tourists from Mainland China can now shop in Hong Kong with Chinese central bank digital currency. Hong Kong has been positioning itself as a global offshore trading center, and this is just the beginning. The digital currency’s expansion signals China...
Jul 27, 2023•2 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Express Crypto News: 60-Second Recap shares the top stories in crypto every week. Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw Sign up to the Exchange https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP For one year, friends of Blockchain.com can get: 15% off 1Password Families 15% off 1Password Individual Simply follow the link in our bio to claim your discount now. https://rb.gy/5mt6f
Jul 20, 2023•1 min•Season 1Ep. 105
In our latest podcast segment, ‘Blockchain for good’ we’re unearthing real world examples of how blockchain technology is making a real world difference to people, communities and charities all around the world. We’ll learn more about organizations and projects using crypto and blockchain technology to promote social and economic inclusion, and sustainability efforts. Today we’re joined by Fereshteh Forough, founder of “Code to Inspire”, which is the first coding school for women in Afghanistan ...
Jun 27, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Today, we share the story of Blockchain.com! From our humble start in York, UK, as an open source project to a global crypto company. Blockchain.com Co-Founders Peter Smith and Nic Cary share their journey. Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw Sign up to the Exchange https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP
Jun 12, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Today, we’re joined by Joao Reginatto, VP Product at Circle, to describe how the innovation of stablecoins (a cryptocurrency designed to have a relatively stable price, typically through being pegged to a commodity or currency or having its supply regulated by an algorithm) can impact not just the crypto market, the macroeconomic environment at large. Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw Sign up to the Exchange https://bit.ly/3QzCKGP...
May 02, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 100
In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. In today’s episode we’re speaking with Bobby Ong, co-founder of CoinGecko, the world's largest independent cryptocurrency data aggregator, to talk about how the demand for crypto data and “doing your own research” has grown alongside the popularity of crypto. Sign up for ...
Apr 18, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 93
In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. In today’s episode we’re exploring how the development of bitcoin has made us question our relationship with large financial institutions such as banks, and how much “trust” we place on third-parties to look after our funds. Will Harborne, CEO and Co-founder of Rhino.fi, ...
Apr 04, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 92
In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. Today, we’re joined by Stephen Pair – Co-Founder and CEO of BitPay to continue on from the whitepaper, and describe how crypto went from zero to a global market cap of over $1 Trillion in, “The story of crypto economics: from Pizza to Porsche” Sign up for a Wallet https:...
Mar 21, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 91
In our latest “The story of” segment of the Blockchain.com Podcast, we’ll chronicle this journey by speaking with some of the most influential people in the space – the pioneers, the advocates, the regulators and the investors. To kick things off we’re joined by Meltem Demirors Head of Strategy at CoinShares – a crypto advisor, advocate and academic - to go back to the very start and discuss: The story of Bitcoin and the blockchain. This episode explores: Some of the original themes that Satoshi...
Mar 07, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 92
In this episode, we spoke with Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO of Aave. Aave is a decentralized liquidity platform that allows users to supply, borrow and earn interest on crypto assets all without middlemen. The Aave platform enables the creation of liquidity pools that lets users supply or borrow different cryptocurrencies. As it runs on the Ethereum blockchain Aave uses smart contracts, meaning users don't need to trust a particular institution or person to manage user agreements. Aave’s nati...
Feb 07, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 90
In this episode, we spoke with Joe Grech, Head of Crypto at Chiliz. Chiliz is a digital currency for sports and entertainment that operates the blockchain-based sports entertainment platform Socios.com Users of Chiliz can participate in the governance of their favorite sports brands, connecting fans to their favorite teams through fan tokens, NFTs and voting rights and providing access to memorabilia like limited edition jerseys, meet and greet experiences with their teams and even helping selec...
Jan 24, 2023•26 min•Season 1Ep. 89
In this episode, Blockchain.com Co-Founder and Vice Chairman Nic Cary shares a recent conversation Marketing Manager Lorna Hutchman had with Pietro Moran, Head of Partnerships at The Giving Block and Sarah Kershaw, Digital Acquisitions lead at WaterAid. Sarah explains the benefits accepting crypto donations as a charity can bring, and the role The Giving Block has played in WaterAid’s crypto journey. Just in the last 12 months, Ukraine has received roughly $100 million in crypto donations to hel...
Jan 10, 2023•24 min•Season 1Ep. 89
In this episode, we spoke with John Nahas, Vice President Of Business Development of Ava Lab. Founded in 2019 by Dr. Emin Gun Sirer, Avalanche is a programmable smart contracts platform for decentralized applications. John explains what makes Avalanche different from other blockchains and how new innovators and entrepreneurs can get involved in the space. You can buy, sell, swap, trade and store AVAX on Blockchain.com sign up below to get started today. Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQ...
Dec 20, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 88
In this episode, we spoke with Sean Ford, interim CEO of Alogrand. Sean shares what Alogrand is, what makes it valuable, and what makes it different from Ethereum and Bitcoin. Sean also shares news about Algorand's recent partnership with FIFA and their role in the Colombian COVID-19 digital vaccination passport. You can buy, sell, swap, trade and store ALGO on Blockchain.com sign up below to get started today. Sign up for a Wallet https://bit.ly/3dpcCQw Sign up to the Exchange https://bit.ly/3Q...
Dec 06, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 88
